Match book holder with wind guard



Feb. 3, 1948. M. BERG. 2,435,491

MATCH BOQK HOLDER WITH WIND GUARD Filed Aug. 22, 1944 INVENTOR. rtz'nBerg PA TENT/WENT Patented Feb. 3, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE-MATCH BOOK HOLDER WITH WIND GUARD Martin Berg, Brooklyn, N. 'Y.

ApplicationrAugust 22, 1944, Serial No. 550,539 '2 Claims- ((1206-65)This invention relates to improvements in a box containing a match bookby .providingawind shield, wherein the usual abrasive "face of the matchbook constitutes at least a part of the walls forming the wind shield.Thus the flame of the ignited-match which isstarted within the shieldmay be shielded from drafts or air cur-' match book as the other wall:6f the wind shield,

whereby additional walls are arranged, which'fold up when the windsl'iieldis'in operating position.

A further object of thein'vention is to provide an article which maybe-inexpensively manufactured by using mainlyzexisting match books andan existing box for such match books as part of the wind shield.

Another object of the invention is to provide means on the wind shieldto insert a lit match within said shield, thus receiving light for thetime of burning a match.

A still further object of the invention is to provide shielding means,normally folded to the back of the box containing a match book, butadapted to be unfolded to provide wind shield structure.

With these objects in view, together with others which will appear inthe detailed description, the invention resides in the novel formation,combination, and arrangement of parts, aswill be described more fullyhereafter, illustrated in the drawings, and particularly pointed out inthe claims.

There are known many constructions relating to Wind shields for matchboxes. Most of those boxes are not practical at all because the abrasivesurface is outside of the wind shield and before the burning match isinserted into the shield draft or wind will extinguish it. A fewvsuggestions which took this fact into consideration demand a speciallyarranged abrasive surface within the shield. Considering the fact thatmatch boxes and match books are manufactured and used in millions ofpiece it seems of utter importance to provide such a wind shield whichuses the box without any change and also; the

abrasive surface of the match book in order to make the manufacturingprocess economical and practical.

In the said drawings:

Figure 1 is a sectional view of the box con taining a match box, alonglines l--l of Fig. 3;

Fig. 2 is aplan viewof the article with opened cover of the box andunfolded windshield;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the article with closed cover and collapsedwind shield;

Fig. .4 is a sectional view of the box containing a match book alonglines 44 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the box with open cover and unfoldedwind shield.

Referring nowmore :in detail to the accomt'panying drawings, it will beseen that the article according to the present invention consists of aWell-known box I of about triangular cross section on the top :of whichis arranged a cover 2.

The cover 2 is hinged to the box I spaced from its rear end which isprovided with a window 3. A conventional match-bookl is inserted intothe box l in such a way that the abrasive surface 5 of the said matchbook 4 appears in the window 3 0f the-box l.

The preferred embodiment of the wind shield in connection with thedescribed box i containing a match book consists of three collapsiblewalls 6, I, and 8, which are arranged on the back of the cover 2, whichcover 2 forms another wall of the wind shield, whereas the abrasivesurface 5 constitutes the bottom of the wind shield. The walls 6 and 8are fastened to the cover 2 through hinges 9, l0 and extend aboutvertical to the cover 2 in the unfolded position. The wall 6 is hingedto the cover 2 on the edge of the latter by a hinge 9 Whereas the wall 8is hinged to the cover 2 in a distance to the other edge of the cover 2which corresponds to the height of the said wall 8, that means when thewall 3 is in the collapsed position its upper end will align with saidother edge of the cover 2. Further hinges H and I2, arranged on the topof the walls 6 and 8, provide the connection of the said walls 6 and 8with the wall I which extends parallel to the cover 2. The hingeconnection l2 between walls I and 8 cooperates with a spring l4 arrangedon the right edge of the cover 2 to keep the walls 6, l and 8 in thecollapsed position. Extension IS on the front of the plate 1 is arrangedto pull the walls 5, I and 8 into the unfolded position, which issustained by providing springs l6 and l I in the hinges II and I2, whichsprings tend to keep the walls 6 and 8, respectively, in an angle ofabout to the wall 1.

The front ends of the walls 6 and 8 are provided with slots l8 of awidth to receive and retain a match Hi.

In order to provide suflicient air for a buming match the walls 6, I and8 as well as the cover 2 can be equipped with small holes 20 which arelarge enough to provide additional air 3 but not large enough toextinguish the burning match by draft or wind.

As stated before, the wind shield is formed as shown inthe drawings inits preferred embodiment of live walls, namely the cover 2, the walls 6,l, and 8, and the bottom, namely the abrasive surface 5, forming arectangular, collapsible hollow body, having the abrasive surfaceon itsbottom. It is understood that the'hollowzbo'dy can have any polygonalcross section without abandoning the principle of the vention.

present fill- 4 V is to be understood that the invention is not 7limited thereto, as various changes in the minor Y details ofconstruction may be provided without departing from the principles of.the present invention as defined in the appended claims. What I claimis; r V V 1. The combination with a box'containing a match book havingan abrasive face, said box" Thaving a'bhing'ed cover ,and'awin'dowexposing It will be seen that it is k 'ry' easy mantis match even underunfavorable draft conditions by using the device of the presentinvention. is first necessary to pull the extension lfiof the wall 1 inorder to put the wind shield into, the unfolded position, then the cover2 is lifted and turned together with "the walls, 6, '7 and 8. or about90. thus turning it to the abrasive surface 5 and providing thelatterasthe bottom ofthe wind shield. v v 1 r A match 19 can nowbe'remov'ed fromj the match book 4 and inserted into the wind shieldwhere the normal lighting of the match [9; can take place. Afterusingthewind shield the cover 2 can be turned down in order to closethe'box and the walls 6, 1 ,and 8, being' turned with the cover 2;, canbe collapsed by pressing down to the right the extensionJS of the wall 1until the extension 13 comes below the spring l'4- thus retaining thewalls 5, I, and sin the collapsed position. When used as a substitutefor a candle the match after being lit'is inserted inl one of the slotsH! of the walls Band 8, respectively,

where the match will burn under the protection of the wind shield. l 5While in the drawings a preferred embodiment is shown as example of myinvention, it.

the abrasive face of said match book, of a shield ,j iormed on saidcover in operative position and collapsed oversaidcover in inoperativeposition, said shield comprising four side walls, said cover forming oneof said side walls and said abrasive face forming the bottom of saidshield upon lifti'ng'the cover of said box.

' V The combination, asset forth in claim 1, in which said shieldextends over a portion of said cover in unfolded operative position; andtwo sidewalls extend over the'entirewidth of said cover in the folded,inoperative position ofsaid I shield.

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' The following references ar'el'of record in the fil e'of this patent?x V UNITED :sT 'rns PATENTS Great lBi-itain Mar. 18, 1901 iMABTIN iBERG

